Research at UTIA

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s mission, vision, and values call for us to “discover knowledge which impacts real world issues,” and we’re doing just that–not only across the state of Tennessee, but around the world. Our faculty, staff, and graduate students are focused on topics that affect every day life and impact our future.

Qijun Zhang, a UTIA graduate student, has developed a new nanocellulose-based material that has outstanding air filtration performance and received the first place award in the student poster competition at the 2019 Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) International convention.